I grew up steeped in the British and American choral traditions – developing a deep love for both high church and Appalachian folk music – and absorbed my first compositional chops at a young age from my choirmaster Richard Wayne Dirksen. My own music combines the long, soaring lines of great cathedral music with the rhythmic subtlety and passion of American traditions. I am most drawn to passionate but introverted texts that explore the innermost thoughts and struggles each of us share.
Choral Music
I grew up steeped in the British and American choral traditions – developing a deep love for both high church and Appalachian folk music – and absorbed my first compositional chops at a young age from my choirmaster Richard Wayne Dirksen. My own music combines the long, soaring lines of great cathedral music with the rhythmic subtlety and passion of American traditions. I am most drawn to passionate but introverted texts that explore the innermost thoughts and struggles each of us share.
Trade Winds – choir and percussion ensemble
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Mass for the New Jerusalem – choir and string quartet
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Missa Ecclesiae – SATB choir
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Three Anthems for Unaccompanied Choirs
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Galilee – SATB choir (light divisi)
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A Coptic Requiem – SATB choir
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When We Gather in Music – SATB choir and organ or piano
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A Song for Peace – SATB choir and light percussion
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La rosa blanca – SATB choir
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At the Manger – SSAATTBB choir
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A Baptismal Lullaby – SATB choir
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And All for Your Love’s Sake – SATB choir
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I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes – SATB choir
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God Is Our Refuge – SATB choir and organ
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Out of the Deep – TTBB choir
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My Luve – ATTBB choir
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Alpha et Omega – SATB choir and tape
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